Young Investigator Groups
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin offers outstanding young researchers from Germany and abroad the opportunity to form their own young investigator group. This imparts a great deal of responsibility for pursuing their own research topic and in qualification for an academic career.
The heads of the young investigator groups receive support through a tailored training and mentoring programme, among others at the Helmholtz Academy, and are assured long-term prospects at HZB. They are affiliated with a university, often as a jointly appointed professor, which strengthens HZB’s networking with universities.
Young investigator groups can be funded through various programmes:
- Helmholtz-Young Investigator Groups:
- BMBF Young Investigator Groups
- Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Groups
- Young Investigator Group connected to ERC Starting Grant
| Name | Link to University | HZB |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Antonio Abate | Universität Bielefeld | Active Materials and Interfaces for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells |
| Prof. Dr. Steve Albrecht | Technische Universität Berlin | Perowskite Tandem Solar Cells |
| Prof. Dr. Christiane Becker | Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft | Nano -SIPPE |
| Dr. Felix Büttner | MaXRay: Magnetism and Coherent X-Ray Imaging | |
| Dr. Olga Kasian | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | Material Transformations in Electrocatalysts |
| Dr. Christopher Seiji Kley | Solar-driven CO2 conversion into fuels | |
| Dr. Matthew T. Mayer | Freie Universität Berlin | Electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide |
| Dr. Marcel Risch | Universität Göttingen | Oxygen Evolution Mechanism Engineering |
| Dr. Robert Seidel | Humboldt Universität zu Berlin | Operando Interfacial Photochemistry |
| Dr. Eva Unger | Lund-Universität und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Hybrid Materials Formation an Scaling |